Three Chocolate Cookies
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Cookies
- 350 gr. / 12 oz. butter at room temperature
- 200 gr. / 7 oz. caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 450 gr. / 16 oz. all purpose flour
- 50 gr. / 2 oz. cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- For the Filling
- Choco tahini spread or Nutella
- 250 gr. / 9 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
- 50 gr. / 1.7 oz. semi-sweet chocolate 50 to 60% cocoa
- 150 gr. / 5 oz. tahini paste
- 40 gr. 1.5 oz. sesame oil
- 70 gr. / 2.5 oz. honey
- 50 gr. / 1.7 oz. butter or margarine
- Preheat oven to 175°C / 350°F.
- In your stand mixer add the butter and the caster sugar and mix to incorporate.
- Add the eggs one at a time and whisk to incorporate.
- Pour vanilla extract and mix.
- Throw the flour, the baking powder and the cocoa powder and fold with a spatula.
- You will have a soft dough.
- Put the dough in an icing bag.
- Take a pan and cover it with parchment paper.
- With the icing bag make small sticks about 8 cm / 3 in. long and 1.5 cm / 0.5 in. thick leaving about 2 cm / 1 in. distance in between them.
- Bake for about 12 minutes.
- Remove and let them cool.
- While cookies cooling down, melt the chocolate for the covering and let it cool until it arrives to 35°C / 95°F.
- You can measure the temperature with a bakery thermometer.
- Turn the cookies with their flat side looking up.
- Put the choco tahini spread or the Nutella in an icing bag and put some quantity in half of the cookies.
- Cover with the rest and bathe half of them in the melted chocolate.
- Place them in a parchment paper and let them cool completely.
- They are ready to be served.
- Melt chocolate in a glass bowl in microwave as follows.
- Place the pieces in the glass bowl and put for 30 seconds.
- Remove and mix.
- Repeat this procedure just until chocolate has melted completely.
- In another bowl mix tahini with the sesame oil.
- Add the honey and the melted chocolate and mix again to incorporate.
- Add the butter and mix well so there are no lumps.
- Put in a small vase in cool place and use it as a spread on toasted bread, or on waffles, pancakes, crepes etc.
- I made two vases.
- It is kept well for couple of weeks.
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/three-chocolate-cookies/
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